Creating a Probekit project

Before you can build probes, you must create a Probekit project. A Probekit project is a Java™ project that has been enabled to build probes. It contains the source code and related files that are required for applying and exporting probes. It has an associated probe builder that compiles Probekit source files (probe files) and automatically lists the probes in the Probekit registry.

You can create a separate project for building probes, or you can convert an existing Java project to enable it to build probes, depending on how you prefer to organize your work. You do not have to convert projects that contain programs to which you want to apply probes, only the projects in which you want to create new probes.

To create a Probekit project:

  1. If you want to create a new project for building probes, do the following:
    1. From the main workbench menu, click File > New > Project.
    2. Select Java Project, then click Next.
    3. In the Project name field, type a name for the new project.
    4. In the Location area, specify a location for the new project.
    5. In the Project layout area, specify the layout for the new project, then click Finish. The new project appears in the Package Explorer.
  2. Right-click the project that you want to enable, then click New > Other.
  3. On the Select a wizard page, expand Profiling and Logging and select Convert Java Projects to Probekit Projects, then click Next.
  4. In the Convert Java Projects to Probekit Projects window, select the check box next to the new project, then click Finish.
Related tasks
Creating probes
Importing Probekit source files into a project
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